Shazam! Is Still Sizzling
Four wide-release films landed in theaters this week, each one of them perhaps hoping to overthrow DC’s mighty superhero flick Shazam!. But here’s the thing: Superheroes are used to fighting multiple adversaries at a time. For the second-straight weekend, DC’s lightning-bolt-branded hero electrified the box office and charged to victory, snapping up an estimated $25.1 […]
Culture Clips: Want Tickets to Avengers: Endgame? Just Sell Your Car
How much would you pay to see a movie? Ten bucks? Fifteen? Wait for it to hit Redbox and $1.75? How ‘bout $10,000? That’s how much opening-weekend tickets for Avengers: Endgame are going for on eBay in some places, according to Fandango.com. And while that might seem a bit overpriced, get this: Someone spent $15,000 […]
What is the Best Movie Made About Jesus?
I just finished watching Mary Magdalene, a high-wattage, low-Scripture take on the life of Christ as seen through the eyes of one of his most prominent followers. My full review will be published later this week, but let me offer one thought now: I was struck by how true it felt in places and how […]
Shazam! Shoots to No. 1
Shazam! Wow! Yes, it’s true: The World’s Mightiest Mortal now fronts the world’s mightiest movie. Shazam!, DC’s latest superhero flick, cleaned up at the box office this weekend, earning about $53.4 million in North America. It’s now polishing its No. 1 trophy that, I’m sure, the box office gives out to all its winners. It […]
Forget Ghosts and Goblins and Things that Go Bump in the Night. What’s Really Scary? Technology.
E-mail inboxes are like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get. Sometimes it’s recipes from your grandma. Sometimes it’s ads from furniture outlets begging you to buy a coffee table. Sometimes it’s notifications from Nigerian princes, telling you you’re wealthy beyond your wildest dreams. And every once in a while, you […]
Defiant Ninja Vampires Soars Past Dumbo
It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Yes, Disney’s Dumbo was expected to soar to the top of the box office, pink bubbly elephants and all. And, if the plucky elephant couldn’t top the charts, surely Jordan Peele’s Us or Marvel’s Captain Marvel would make a triumphant return to No. 1, right? Instead, Defiant Ninja […]
Culture Clips: As the Jussie Smollett Case Turns
We live in a strange, confusing and unpredictable world. Need proof? Look no farther than the Jussie Smollett saga. First, we heard that the actor, who’s both black and gay, was attacked by two folks with some apparent racist, homophobic leanings. (Oddly, both attackers were black, too.) Then we were told that Smollett actually knew […]
‘We Are Not Guaranteed Anything.’ A Talk With the Creators of the Poignant Doc The Long Goodbye
Paul tells us in Romans 8:28, “We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.” But that promise can also make the pain and grief we feel so much harder, in some ways, and so much more confusing. I had this thought […]
Box Office Gives Plenty of Money to ‘Us’
Jordan Peele’s newest horror film, Us, could be read as a parable about society’s haves and have-nots. But as for the movie itself … well, it’s unquestionably one of the haves. Appropriately enough, Us killed it at the box office this weekend, with the dollars it earned seemingly multiplying like rabbits. Peele’s smart, bloody slasher […]
Captain Marvel Snags Another Win
We don’t know how she’s going to fare against Thanos come April. But Captain Marvel sure can dominate the box office. The galactic champion reigned supreme in earthbound theaters for the second-straight weekend, earning an estimated $69.3 million in North America alone. Captain Marvel has already earned $266.2 million, adding to its already huge lead […]